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ACROSS 1 Twang, 4 Hemlock, 8 In vitro,
9 Creed, 10 Oboe, 11 Cellmate,
13/14 Iron lung, 19 Embolden,
22 Swami, 25 Rancher, 26 MagmaDOWN 1 Triton, 2 Alveoli, 3/23 Gut
feeling, 4 Hoover, 5 Mycelium, 6 Omega,
7/21 Kidney bean, 12 Coalfish,
15 Greying, 17 Heifer, 18 Enigma,
20/16 Brain teaser, 24 Elm1 The archetypal anabolic steroid
has the chemical formula C 19 H 28 O 2
and is better known as what?2 With what theory in Earth
science is the name Alfred
Wegener closely associated?3 The lepidopterans Pieris rapae and
Pieris brassicae are both sometimes
given what name, a commentary on
their colour and favoured foodstuff?4 The Large Synoptic Survey
Telescope project in Chile was
recently renamed to honour
which astronomer, whose galactic
observations in the 1970s and
1980s sent cosmology into a spin?5 What name is given to the tiny
air sacs at the end of your lung’s
bronchioles that exchange oxygen
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of a non-linear system (7)
26 1962 science fiction film
by Chris Marker (2,5)
28 Spiny anteater (7)
29 In geology, consisting
of small clots or lumps (7)DOWN
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8 Iroquoian people; 1956 nuclear test (8)
14 Building block of DNA and RNA (10)
16 Bounce; rebound (8)
17 Lumbar pain, for example (8)
18 ___ triangle, apparatus for
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27 Order of mystical warriors
in the Star Wars franchise (4)